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A Boeing B-29 Superfortress undergoing maintenance at Clark Field. Clark Field remained an Army Air Base until May 1949, when its facilities were transferred to the U.S. Air Force. Prior to this a build-up of aircraft, air wings and maintenance facilities were already being staged at Clark. On 14 August 1948, the 18th Fighter Wing was organized ...
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Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base in Luzon, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Angeles City, and about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Metro Manila.Clark Air Base was previously a United States military facility, operated by the U.S. Air Force under the aegis of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and their predecessor organizations from 1903 to 1991.
Ellington Air Force Base: Houston Texas: 1976 Redesignated as Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Ent Air Force Base: Colorado Springs: Colorado: 1976 Closed Ethan Allen Air Force Base: Burlington: Vermont: 1960 Redesignated as Burlington Air National Guard Base: Forbes Air Force Base: Topeka: Kansas: 1973 Redesignated as Forbes Field Air ...
During the immediate postwar years and throughout the 1950s, Clark's mission was that of a major supply and maintenance depot for Far East Air Forces (later Pacific Air Forces) along with being a command base with Headquarters, 13th Air Force taking up residence in 1949. 13th Air Force would remain at Clark until its closure in 1991.
The fleet of 35 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers was the largest number assigned to any army air force. Clark Field was the primary base for the B-17s, where these heavy planes were stored without camouflage on ramps lest they become mired in the undrained soft soil surrounding those graded surfaces.
Clark Air Base, Philippines, 15 December 1975 – 19 December 1991; Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 19 December 1991 – 20 August 1993; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1 April 1994 – 7 April 2000; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 2 April 2001; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 26 April July 2007 – c. 30 September 2011, [1] [14] c. 14 September ...
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